-Chapter 11: An Average Day-
AN: Had a lot of work last week and didn't start working on this until Monday the 12th so don't expect as high a quality as normal. Normally I start on a Saturday and finish the rough draft on Sunday then on Tuesday night I skim over it quickly for spelling and grammar errors but instead I'm doing it all on Monday and Tuesday! At the very least work is dying down a bit so that shouldn't be a problem. I wanted to make sure this got uploaded so I didn't do any grammar checks or stuff like that. Also, it should be noted that my family have a bunch of plans for next weekend so that my cause problems for the fic. You've been warned.
-Oldeus POV-
It was hard work rummaging through those sacks. Or at least it would be if I were a normal baby but instead, I'm using gravity magic like I have been for everything I've done recently. Gravity magic is way more useful for me now than it ever was before. I don't know what I would do without it. If I didn't have gravity magic, I might not have even got out of that village. If I didn't have gravity magic, I don't think I would even be able to move around on my own. I would've just stayed with mom and dad and that wouldn't have been fun.
Well, anyways rummaging through bags is all well and good but I've got to get some food in me… How should I even eat these monsters? I have fire magic so I can cook them well enough but I haven't developed teeth yet so I can't exactly bite into it… What to do? What to do…? I could try mashing it up with some gravity magic so that it's chewed. Or at least has the effect of being chewed. Hmm… Okay, that should work.
The food wasn't great as expected of the demon continent but over the years I've gotten used to eating stuff like this. Some of this stuff is slimy, some is chewy but it's all disgusting. On the health side I don't know exactly what foods I should be eating but I'm pretty sure that Superd are supposed to eat meat. As such I'll avoid eating fruits and vegetables which is weird since when I was human that was what I mainly ate off, but I guess I'll just have to get used to this. I wonder if there are specific meats that are better for me than others. Ruijerd always killed those giant tortoises for our meals when we were adventuring here so I guess that's probably what I should focus on. Although people of this world don't seem to particularly focus on what foods they eat, which is probably because most people don't have the money to pick their foods. Or as with most adventurers they'll probably die before what they ate matters to much. Actually… now that I'm a Superd doesn't that mean that I'll live for hundreds of years? That'll be nice. That means I can live longer than my previous two lives combined. Longer than 97 years… Anyways I guess I should go back to looking through these bags.
More clothes… I guess I could keep some extras in a bag for whenever the one I'm wearing starts getting old… Or two bags for when my clothes are dirty. Washing my clothes isn't too big a difficulty with my water magic but I don't got soap or anything of that sort which is annoying. People of this world don't have anything like a washing machine so I can only use soap and I can't make any soap with magic much like any other modern convenience. Maybe there'll be soap in one of these bags? I doubt it considering these are people from the demon continent. Let's see…
Ooh a short sword. I can use this as a knife! Knives have many uses such as cutting food on a plate… which will already be mush so I can actually eat it. I can… stab monsters with it. Although I don't see the point in that when I have magic to attack them. Actually, with earth magic I probably could make a stronger knife than this one… I guess there's not much point in keeping it. Oh well… what can I find that's useful? Maybe a wand to be more efficient with my mana? I don't see much point with how much mana I have though… Judging by what I've been capable of I've kept my mana capacity from my previous life. Wouldn't using one hinder me later? It'll just keep me from using as much mana as possible. Which will stop my mana from growing like I want it too. Unless there's some kind of downside to having a big mana pool, I don't see the point.
What should I do when I'm done with looking through these bags? I could try to challenge Atofe again. Although I should probably get a bit stronger of a body before I challenge anyone in a fight. I could try making the magic armor me and Zanoba made before, but I don't remember how to build that thing exactly. Although I guess it's better to try than not to try.
-A few minutes of rummaging later-
Well, there wasn't anything useful other than more clothes that I could potentially use. I guess that means I should start working on making my own version of the magic armor. Well, I guess the first problem that comes up is transportation. I've done enough adventuring that I know better than to make something I can move around somewhere I'm not gonna stay at. I don't think I can move around the magic armor until it's fully functional. Once it's fully functional I can just where it but for now I would need something like a carriage, or I need to set up camp somewhere and stay for a while. I'm not going to stay here because it's surrounded by monsters that could mess up my stuff and the adventurers from before may come back for their stuff. Or for me considering they probably don't like me very much. Now I need to figure out where I should settle down. Considering the hate of Superd and the potential curse that may be upon me I don't think I should set up around cities or villages. I should also avoid common paths that in case of travelers and bandits that are trying to steal stuff. I guess that means I need to set up in some area without much in the way of survivability. I should also avoid somewhere with lots of natural resources that I can create myself because people are likely to want to live there when they find it. It's also possible that people travel between place and place like the people on Begaritt. Instead, I'll live somewhere with low survivability but enough that I can still survive. I have God-tier detoxification so I don't need to worry about poisons or toxins that could otherwise harm me except in my sleep. I can't exactly cast it while I'm sleeping.
Alright instead of focusing on where I can't set up, I should focus on where I should set up. For monsters the best would be the central continent. The problem with the central continent is that it's crammed with people that the Demon God inside me has an itch to kill. I don't exactly want to go on some kind of massacre like he would. He caused a war on humans for a reason. Bad choice. Millis has the exact same problems so I can't go there. Begaritt isn't exactly filled with people but in any non-human area there will be an abundance of pesky monsters. As such Begaritt isn't the best option either.
Another choice would be staying on the Demon Continent, the first benefit is that there aren't many humans that the Demon God would try to kill. There are monsters but none as big as the Behemoths of Begaritt, only a few capable of messing with Rudo Steel. Much like Begaritt people congregate in certain areas and avoid others which means I can find an area with few people. There's also the heaven continent but I don't know enough about that region to be confident settling down around there. There is one problem with settling in the Demon Continent… and that is that people already know me but that can be ignored since I'm not supposed to see anyone while I'm here. That settles it. I'm going to stay on the Demon Continent and settle down in an area with few people and many monsters.
With that decided I just need to figure out where exactly I settle. I could settle into a mountain range with a bunch of dragons. I won't have to worry about them bothering me too much because I can build a house into the mountains and the dragons will have a hard time breaking through my Rudo Steel. Besides the house only must be good enough that I'll be back with whatever resources I need to before it's broken into. That'll have to do. Unless I find a better spot like I don't know… maybe a beach? If I go along the ocean there are plenty of spots I can settle at. Although I don't see why I would do that over heading into the mountains where people are scared to enter and don't usually have a good reason to. I mean what are people going to get from going up there? Training? Pfft. I extremely doubt those problems will arise. If they do, I'll just have to take care of them however I see fit.